Chapter 12 everyone. I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I only own the unrecognized characters. Enjoy. Does anybody been read these. I feel so unloved. I really need the answer to that question. And by the way, does anyone know what thus face means? :3. Cause I have no freaking clue. Enjoy.
"Nathan George and Martha Rose." I told Megan who was happily gazing at my babies.
Nathan had Hermes' blonde hair and my green eyes. Martha had Hermes' hair as well as his eyes, but her features were like mine.
Suddenly an Iris Message popped up. Apollo was in the screen gesturing frantically.
"Please help." He pleaded. "They're monsters. I'll do anything."
Megan and I shook our heads. "No way in hades." Megan said.
"You brought this on yourself, so you deal with it. Serves you right for feeding the kids sugar. I'm still pissed at Hermes for this too. You both get to deal with the grumpy kids tomorrow. Megan and I will have a girls day with Demeter, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite."
Megan wiped a fake tear away. "And I was so looking forward to later tonight." She sighed. "Oh well. Apollo your other punishment is no 'adult activities' for a year. And I will have Aphrodite curse you. See you. We will have such a good day tomorrow." She swiped her hand through the message.
Before the message was completely dissolved, I heard him say under his breath "We'll see who lasts longer babe."
"Gross!" I squealed. "I didn't need that mental image." I shook my head.
"You're really not going to leave me with those monsters, are you?" Hermes asked.
I glared. "You're the ones who pumped them full of candy and soda. Deal with it."
"It wasn't me it was Apollo's idea." He protested.
"Uh huh. And I'm a satyr." I nodded sardonically.
He shivered. "I hope not."
I slapped him in the back of his head. "Idiot." I said affectionately.
"Nerd." He teased back. He had found out about my love for science.
"Okay. I'm gonna leave the gross and puke inducing couple alone now." Megan got up and kissed Nathan and Martha on their foreheads. They glowed sea blue for a moment.
I looked at Megan questionly.
She noticed and told me it was her blessing. They could now talk to horses and hold their breath longer. I teased her that she better had not given them her fear of snakes. She shivered and glared at me. "Maybe I should." She threatened. "Maybe I should also make them grow up to be like me."
"No." Hermes and I said immediately.
She faked a look of hurt. "I feel so much love right now. It is practically bursting my heart." She looked over at us. "Maybe I just need some love." She leaped at me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. She then turned toward Hermes.
I growled and gave her a look. "Dude, no. He's my grandfather. Just no." She shot me a disgusted look.
I was stunned.
"Besides, Apollo will kill me then revive me so April can." Hermes put in.
I shivered. "Grandfather."
Megan sighed. "Yes, grandfather. Keep up girl."
"Won't that make you my step granddaughter?" I asked.
She shook slightly. "Let's ignore that. Keep it at best friends. Okay?"
I nodded relieved.
"Well get up. Girls day starts now." She ordered.
"I just gave birth." I said incredulously.
She sighed. "As goddesses we heal a lot faster. I was up an hour after Natasha's birth. With twins it takes twice that long. You already feel better, don't you?"
I was surprised. I was better. I stood up from the bed. "Just let me change and we can go. You. Get. Apollo needs help." I told Hermes.
"I'll do anything. I'll take a day off work and be your slave. Please, please don't make me. I begging." He pleaded.
I made a thoughtful face. Megan nudged me. Stay strong. I know it's tempting, but Apollo will need help. Her expression read.
I smirked. "Tempting but no. Get."
He heaved a sigh and flashed out.
I smiled at Megan. "Girls day?"
She nodded happily "Girls day." She agreed. She got an evil glint in her eye. "I know just what to do. Come on."
We flashed right outside Aphrodite's house.
She marched right in without knocking. "Girls day!" She shouted.
Aphrodite appeared in a flash. "Can you please turn off the distracting beauty thing? We aren't going anywhere outside of Olympus."
She sighed. "Fine." She snapped her fingers.
She went from a female Hermes look alike to a woman with black hair and blue eyes. Her blue eyes shifted to every shade of blue there is.
We flashed out again I went to get Demeter while Megan went to get Hera and Aphrodite to get Athena.
When we were all gathered, we went to Aphrodite's house to have our girls day.
We mostly chatted about our significant other and the troubles they caused. The other goddesses totally agreed with us about Hermes and Apollo. They were horrified at the idea of giving them candy so late at night and so much of it too. We fawned over Nathan and Martha. They said it was so sweet to name them after Hermes' snakes.
"I figured since Martha and George meant so much to him that I wanted to honor them."
"Awww." Aphrodite cooed.
"He named Anthony, so I wanted to name the twins." I told them.
We all had a makeover. Yes even me.
Megan had sex hair and seductive makeup on.
I heard Demeter mumble, "Poor Apollo."
While Aphrodite said, "You're gonna kill him. He'll have blue balls for days." She giggled.
Hera just facepalmed.
I shook my head. "Thanks a lot Megan. Now he will be coming over to my house all the time and stealing Hermes for guy time so he won't be around you. Then I won't get some me time. I need him to relax." I said slightly irritated. "A whole freakin year. You're punishing me too, you know."
"Don't worry. It won't be a year. I won't even curse him. It will probably be a week at the most. That's when he'll cave and find out I didn't curse him. I'll be in trouble then."
"Ew. Gross. I didn't need nor want to hear that." I shuddered.
"You're weird." Demeter said to Megan.
"Oh great. We lost her." Sighed Hera. "Hello, Olympus to Megan. Come in Megan." Hera waved her hand in Megan's face.
Megan blinked and turned to Hera. "Yes?" She asked.
"You were in Apollo land. We had to bring you back. I almost dumped cold water on you. You looked like you needed it." Said Aphrodite.
An Iris message popped up.
"Please help us. The kids are throwing up." Apollo pleaded.
Megan and I looked at each other. We nodded.
"We'll be home in an hour. See you then." Megan said.
I nodded in agreement.
Apollo looked relieved.
"They'll be back in an hour." He called to Hermes. I heard him shout thank you.
I swiped through the message.
It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
"So girls, we have an hour to finish April's makeover." Aphrodite said.
I looked on in horror. "No. Absolutely not."
"Yes." Aphrodite glared.
I ran for the door. I was tackled and brought to the torture - sorry - beauty chair. They handcuffed me to the chair.
"Stop squirming. You aren't getting out of this." Megan scolded.
I stopped struggling. "Fine." I sighed. "No stuff on the lips, though. I hate how it feels."
Aphrodite sighed but nodded.
They went to work. Fifty five minutes later I was done.
"Tada." Megan said.
They had put my long red hair in princess curls and had highlighted my green eyes with gray and sea green eye shadow and liner. My nails were painted green. They tried to put me in a fancy dress but I protested so much that they dropped it.
I looked in the mirror. "I look . . . I look . . ." I stammered.
"Beautiful?" said Hera.
"Georgeous?" offered Athena.
"Hot?" suggested Aphrodite.
"Smokin'?" snickered Megan.
"Pretty?" asked Demeter.
"Decent." I finally managed to get out.
Athena winced. "Now you've done it." she muttered.
"Decent?!" shouted Megan and Aphrodite, offended.
"That was some of my best work under the circumstances." Aphrodite wailed.
"Face it, girl. You are smokin'." Megan said sternly.
I was about to protest, but Athena leaned in and whispered, "Don't argue. It's better to just nod and agree. Otherwise they will do this again to prove they can make you look good."
"Speaking from experience?" I asked her quietly. "Fine. I look hot. We have to go, Megan, we are already ten minutes late." I pointed out.
She looked at the clock and cussed. "Well, that was fun. See you all later. Thanks so much for the makeover Aphrodite. Thanks for coming everyone. I needed a break from my kids." she got up and hugged everyone.
I copied her and gathered up the things for Nathan and Martha. I handed the bags to Megan and picked up the twins.
After we had everything we flashed out back to Megan's house.
When we got there, Apollo and Hermes were sleeping on the couch. I glanced at the clock. 4:18. The kids were all around them. Le and Mari were cuddled up to Apollo's sides. Tasha was on his chest with Riley Lee and Dylan Michael in his arms.
Hermes was on the other end of the couch with Anthony curled up on his chest.
Megan darted up the stairs. She came back down three minutes later with her camera. She clicked a couple of pictures and gave me the camera to look through them.
"Aw." I cooed.
"So adorable." agreed Megan.
Apollo shifted. He cracked open an eye. "You're late." he croaked.
Megan shrugged. She flopped down on the loveseat opposite them. "You look comfy."
I set the twins in their baby seat and joined her.
"We're not adorable." Hermes put in, eyes still closed.
I reached over and lightly pinched his his cheek. "Yes you are." I said in a baby voice.
"I will get you for that." he rolled his head toward me and narrowed his eyes.
"Really?" I asked sarcastically. "There goes me thinking the great and powerful Hermes was a softy. Oh well, looks like he is a dream killer. So sad." I wiped away a fake tear.
He glared at me. His eyes got a mischievous glint. "Oh you will pay for that. I already have a few ideas." his voice trailed off. He kept muttering things like, "No, that won't work." "She'll kill me for that one," "How about . . ."
I snapped my fingers in front of his face. He blinked and stared at me. "Yes?" He asked.
"Get me later. Right now we have to leave." I looked pointedly at Megan and Apollo.
Apollo was staring at Megan with lust in his eyes. Megan had her back to him but her side was facing us. Her mouth was quirked up in a smirk. She winked at us.
I sighed. Looks like our punishment starts now.
I gathered everything that was ours and flashed to the house, Hermes right behind me with a sleeping Anthony in his arms.
"I'll put him in his bed. You can put the twins in their cribs." He said.
I nodded and pulled his chin towards me. I kissed him and said, "Have you learned your lesson?"
He nodded. "Yep. No more sugar so late and so much at night."
"Good. You're off the hook. I can't stay mad at you." I sighed.
"You can't stay mad period." He corrected. "So . . . what's Apollo's punishment from Megan? I know about the year thing, but I know she won't do that."
I shifted. "Let's put them to bed. Then we can talk."
I walked into the pale yellow/gray/lavender room for the twins. I placed them in their separate cribs, but they started to whimper. I tried everything I could think of to get them to go to sleep, but then thought of Megan's twins. Both sets didn't want to be separated from each other for the first few years of life. I picked up Martha and put her with Nathan. They curled up together. Martha's head on Nathan's shoulder.
Hermes walked in with his camera in hand. "I figured you'd want some pictures."
I nodded happily and snapped a couple.
He wrapped his arms around my waist. "That's a good one." He pointed to one of them cuddling.
I quietly agreed.
We walked out and went to the living room keeping an ear open for the twins.
"So mind telling me how long Megan's gonna do this? I just want to know how much time I have to spend away from you." He clarified.
"A week tops she said." I answered.
"Good. I don't want to miss the first year of my kids' life." He sighed in relief.
I nodded in agreement.
"How much do you want to bet on when he figures it out?" He asked with a sly smile.
"I'll bet ten drachma on three days." I told him.
"And I bet ten on two days. Deal?"
"Deal." We shook hands.
I curled up on the couch, my feet tucked under me, my head on Hermes' shoulder. He draped his arm over me.
Anthony came running from his room just then. "Mommy? I don't feel good." He crawled on my lap.
"Really? All that sugar should be out of your system by now." I placed my hand on his forehead. "Holy crap. He's burning up."
Hermes put his hand on his head too. "You're right. Come on buddy. Let's go get some medicine." He picked him up and carried him to our bathroom.
Anthony sneezed.
"Poor baby." A voice said.
I jumped. In the living room was three old ladies with some yarn and a pair of scissors.
I got up and bowed. "My ladies."
"Rise, April Wheeler, daughter of Hebe, wife of Hermes." Said the middle lady.
I slowly got up off the floor. Keeping my head bowed in respect.
The left one examined me. "Yes. Such good qualities. We were right." She decided.
"Much better than the others. You will do nicely." Said the lady on the right.
"We will keep your children safe. They have a great purpose in life. Yes. Much better than Phoebus Apollo." They cackled.
"I can't wait for love's son. So much fun, eh?" The middle lady nudged the other two.
"Serves him right for . . ." Their voices faded out as they flashed away.
I stood there shocked. The fates have visited me. Me. April. I shook my head. I won't tell anyone about this I decided. I shook my head one last time and headed for my boys.
*addy*
